Vaudreuil-Hudson Line (AMT)

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An inbound train at Vendôme Station.
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System Agence métropolitaine de transport
Locale Montreal, Montérégie
Termini Lucien-L'Allier railway station
Vaudreuil railway station, Hudson railway station
Stations 18
Daily ridership 16,800 (2012)[1]
Ridership 3,869,500 (2012)[1]
Operation
Opening 1887
Operator(s) Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Line length 51.2 km (31.8 mi)[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
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Vaudreuil-Hudson Line 
Legend

The Vaudreuil-Hudson line (formerly the Dorion–Rigaud line) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport services across this region.

The Vaudreuil-Hudson Line was originally established in 1887 as a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) passenger service. It was transferred to Société de transport de Montréal (STCUM) on October 1, 1982. It was refurbished between 1982 and 1990. On January 1, 1996 it was transferred to the AMT.

There are 13 inbound and 14 outbound departures each weekday.[1]

Overview

This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Hudson to the west of the Island of Montreal. With the completion of a new Intermodal station in Vaudreuil, all trains that used to end in Dorion, now end in Vaudreuil.

The line offers frequent peak-hour service (roughly every 20 minutes) to or from Vaudreuil. Outside of rush hours and on weekends, service is every two to four hours. There is only one weekday round trip from the Hudson terminus. This is the only line in Montreal to offer semi-express service; reverse peak trains do not stop at certain smaller stations.[2]

The trains are owned and managed by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, and operated by Canadian Pacific.

History

Service on this line started in 1887. Service began with local stops between Montreal and Rigaud being added to trains running between Montreal and Ottawa. Over time, as the population of the western part of the Island of Montreal increased, Canadian Pacific established a dedicated commuter service with several stops on the Island of Montreal and off the western tip of the Island. Over the past 50 years, service patterns on the line have not changed all that much. The average number of weekday round trips has hovered around 12, with weekend and holiday service averaging 3 or 4 trips depending on whether the day is Saturday or Sunday.

The commuter line was owned and operated by Canadian Pacific until October 1, 1982. On that date, management and ownership of the commuter trains was transferred to the publicly owned Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission (STCUM). The STCUM set fares and schedules, and assumed ownership of the equipment (passenger cars and locomotives) that Canadian Pacific had used to operate the service. Canadian Pacific continued to provide the tracks, stations, storage, maintenance, and train crews needed to keep the line running. For Montreal commuters, the transfer of ownership was positive because the trains were integrated into the bus and metro system. Over time, the commuter line was upgraded with the purchase of new equipment and renovated stations. The line was transferred to the newly formed AMT on January 1, 1996.

On July 1, 2010, service to Rigaud was discontinued, as the town of Rigaud was unable to justify a $300,000 annual fee, almost double the previous annual fee of $160,000 required by the AMT to maintain train service for a handful of users.[3] The line now ends at Hudson. At this time the line was renamed: "Dorion" was replaced by "Vaudreuil" in reference to the terminus for most runs, and "Rigaud" was replaced by "Hudson" in reference to the terminus for the extended service.[4]

Future projects

To ease over-crowding and attract new users the AMT, Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), Transport Canada and Via Rail have jointly developed a wide-ranging proposal that includes the enhancement of commuter train and inter-city train service between Downtown Montreal and the West Island of Montreal. The proposed rail shuttle between Trudeau airport and downtown Montreal would make the trip in under 20 minutes and have departures every 20 minutes. This 20 km (12 mi) long route would be built in a right of way reserved for passenger trains, which will accelerate access to the airport from the downtown core. The choice of final downtown destination would be Central Station. The expected end date for the entire project is 2025.[5]

List of stations

StationLocationConnections
Lucien-L'AllierVille-Marie, MontrealLucien-L'Allier Metro station, Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL), Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 36 (On rue Saint-Antoine),150, 358, 410, 430, 535 (On René Lévesque Boulevard), 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centre-Ville (one block away at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Peel Street).
VendômeCôte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal(connection to Vendôme Metro station) STM 17 (north bound at the corner of Decarie Boulevard and De Maisonneuve Boulevard, south bound at the corner of rue Girouard and chemin Upper Lachine),37, 90, 102, 104, 105, 124, 371 (same corners as 17) & 24, 63, 356 (these last three one block north on Sherbrooke Street west[6][7]).
Montréal-OuestMontreal WestSTM 51, 90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques),105, 123, 162, 356.
LachineLachineSTM 195 (400 metres south on Sherbrooke Street).
DorvalDorvalVia Rail, PET Airport, STM 173(Metro Bus),191, 195, 202, 203, 204(To and from PET Airport), 209, 211, 221(MB), 354, 356, 378 (Eastbound only), 460.
Pine BeachSTM 204, 211, 221(MB), 354, 356.
ValoisPointe-ClaireSTM 203, 204, 356.
Pointe-ClaireSTM 203, 211, 221(MB), 354.
Cedar ParkSTM 201 (North only), 202, 211, 221(MB), 354.
BeaconsfieldBeaconsfieldSTM 200, 201, 211 (500 metres south on Beaconsfield Blvd.),217, 221(MB), 261(Train Bus), 354, 382.
BeaurepaireSTM 221(MB), 354.
Baie-d'UrféBaie-D'UrféSTM 219 (300 metres north on Avenue Clark Graham),221(MB), 354.
Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueSainte-Anne-de-BellevueSTM 251, 290 (Collective Taxi), 291 (CT), 354. CIT La Presqu'Île[8] 21, 33, 44.
Île-Perrot Île-Perrot CIT La Presqu'Île: 41, 42, 43, 44.
PincourtPincourt / Terrasse-VaudreuilCIT La Presqu'île: 31, 32, 33, 44.
DorionVaudreuil-DorionCIT La Presqu'île: 3, 5, 15.
VaudreuilCIT La Presqu'île:[9] 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 21, 40, 51, 61, 91. CIT du Sud-Ouest:[10] 2.
HudsonHudson CIT La Presqu'île: 21.

The commuter line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Railway subdivisions:

  • Westmount Subdivision (between Lucien L'Allier [0.1] and Montreal West [4.6]
  • Vaudreuil Subdivision (between Montreal-West [0.0] and Dorion [18.9]
  • M&O Subdivision (between Dorion [0.0] and Rigaud [16.5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Rapport d'activités 2012" (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Vaudreuil-Hudson Schedule". AMT. 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-25. 
  3. ↑ West Island Gazette: "Last train to Rigaud on June 30", June 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ Leduc, Robert (2010-07-01). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)" (in French). Montreal Express. 
  5. ↑ Airport rail shuttle expected by 2015
  6. ↑ "Plan du Reseau STM 2007". STM. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15. 
  7. ↑ "Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006". STM. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26. 
  8. ↑ "CIT La Presqu'île". CIT La Presqu'île. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
  9. ↑ "CIT La Presqu'île". CIT La Presqu'île. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-25. 
  10. ↑ "CIT Sud-Ouest". CIT Sud-Ouest. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 

External links


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Vaudreuil-Hudson Line
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